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Shady Yassin, Fohounhedo's attorney, said the woman made the pass at his client when he first picked her up and then they 'went back to his place'. 'Whatever happened there did not arise to anything criminal,' he said. Fohounhedo's wife Sheena (right) said the couple will have to work to get past the incident

Fohounhedo was released from Cook County Jail on Monday night. He has spent the last four months behind bars.

Sheena Fohounhedo, his wife, told ABC 7 the couple will have to work to get past the incident but that she is happy her husband is coming home .

Fohounhedo was using his wife's Uber account, which is a violation of the company's policy, when he picked up the 22-year-old woman.

Uber removed Fohounhedo from the service after he was charged with assault.

Yassin said his client wasn't given a chance and that 'everybody immediately thought he was guilty'.

He said Fohounhedo has no ill will against Uber but does not plan to work with the company again.

Fohounhedo was just one of several Uber drivers who have been accused of sexual assault since the app was launched in the US in 2011.

Another woman in Chicago sued the company earlier this year after her driver allegedly locked her in the car and groped her breast, legs and groin before she escaped.